Nail clippers



Mauwk Feb. 7, 1961 CHI sHENG uo 2,970,376

NAIL CLIPPERS Filed March 16, 1960' a my 60 IN VEN TOR.

cm SHENG KUO 2 flu/MW ATTORNE Y This invention relates to nail clippersand, more particularly, to a nail clipper having means for storing cutotf nails in a tidy and convenient manner.

Ordinarily, nail clippers serve the purpose of removing ,U md, Statesnew.

the portions of the nail, but fail to retain such removed portions forconvenient disposal'after completion of the clipping operation. This isnot only untidy, inconvenient, and the like, but also makes the clippingoperation more difiicult. It is therefore an object of the presentinvention to provide a nail clipper having self contained retainingmeans for storing the cut off nail portions for disposal aftercompletion.

Another object of the present inventionis to provide a nail clipper thathas a wide variety of nail file and trimming elements which will providefor a professional nail trimming operation.

Still an additional object of the present invention is to provide acombined nail clipper, file, and cut off nail storage device which isextremely simple in construction, efficient in operation, and which willovercome all of the aforementioned difiiculties.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of thisinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure l is a side elevational view of a nail clipper made in accordancewith one form of the present invention; V

Figure 2 is a front end Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the Figure 1;

Figure 4 is atop plan view of the device shown in Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1, with the parts in an adjustedposition;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure l, with a slightly modified form ofconstruction;

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 6;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary side elevational view of still another form ofthe present invention;

Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on the line 99 of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 8 of still another embodiment ofthe present invention; and

view ofthe device shown in line 3--3 of Figure 11 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 11-11 v of Figure 10.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, and more particularly to Figures1 to 5 thereof, a nail clipper device 15 made in accordance with oneform of the present invention is shown to include a pair of upper andlower normally parallel blade members 16, 18 of springy metal of equallength and width, the blades being provided with deformed cutting edges20, 22 at their forward ends extending toward each other, the oppositeends of the upper andlower blade members being connected by means of amounting block 34. It is to be noted that the extreme outermost2,970,376 Patented Feb. 7, 1961 2 surfaces 21 of the cutting edges 20,22 are smooth and lie substantially in an imaginary cylinder transverseto the blade members. I

A pin 24 is carried by the lower blade member 18 an extends freelythrough the forward end of the upper blade member 16; the upper end ofthe pin is provided with an oblique slot 26 within which a transverselyextending bearing pin 28 extends. This bearing pin extends between apair of bifurcated arms 30 of an operating lever having a fulcrum 36.Thus, with the parts in the position shown in Figure l, a downwardmovement of the lever 32 is operative to have the fulcrum '36 force theupper blade member 16 toward the lower blade member 18, thus producing acutting action between the cutting edges 20,

The mounting block 34 is provided with a pair of longitudinallyextending grooves 42 which slidably receive a pair of inwardly directedand longitudinally extending etents or ridges 40 of the sides or legs ofa U-shaped closure member 39. The closure member includes the twoparallel legs-38 and the connecting yoke portion 380, the distancebetween the legs being equal tothewidth of the members 16, 18. Thus, theclosure member is slidable longitudinally of the blade members 16, 18between the normally closed position shown in Figure 1 and the openposition shown in Figure 5. In the closed position, the legs 38 closethe sides of the device between the blade members and the block 34, andthe closure member serves to store the nail portions removed by thecutting edges 20, 22 so that upon sliding this member to the openposition such nail portions may be conveniently disposed of. One or bothsurfaces of the sides 38 of the closure member may be provided with filesurfaces, not shown, to facilitate further provides a comfortable handlewhich facilitates the use of the clipping mechanism. This is true of allof the forms of the device illustrated. When not in use, the operatinglever 32 is rotated to the storage position (of the blades) shown inFigure 5, and the closure member 39 is slid home to the left, to itsposition shown in Figure 1. In this condition the device is sufficientlycompact to be conveniently carried in the pocket or in a purse. In thelocked position of the blades the cutting edges are in mutual contact sothat the surfaces 21 provide a continuous smooth cylindrical surface.Hence there is no danger of ones being cut by a-sharp cutting edge.

With reference now to Figures 6 and 7 of the drawing, a slightlymodified form of construction 45 is shown wherein the operating parts ofthe nail clipper are substantially identical to those above described.In this arrangement, however, the sides 46 of the closure member arepreferably rigid upon a transversely extending pin 48 that is pivotallycarried by the mounting block 34. Since this closure member includesonly the sides 46, it is freely movable between the open and closedpositions relative to the upper and lower blade members and to theoperating lever 32. To use the member 46 to. file the nails, with themember 46 swung into an outward position as indicated in broken lines,the main body serves as a convenient handle.

In Figures 8 and 9, still another embodiment 50 is shown to include aU-shaped closure member having sides 52 provided with longitudinal slots54 which slidably receive the transverse pivot pin 56 therethrough. Inthis arrangement the closure member is movable longitudinally, as isobvious.

In the arrangement shown in Figures 10 and 11, the U-shaped closurememberis provided with a pair of spaced sides 62 having inwardlydirected flange portions 3 64 adjacent one edge thereof which areslidably received beneath indents formed by the laterally spaced webs 66of a spring clip member 68 mounted upon the lower blade member 18.Herein the sides 62 of the U-shaped closure member are movablelongitudinally back and forth along the length of the clip member 63 inorder to open or 'close the storage compartment wherein nail parings arestored.

While this invention has been described with particular reference to theconstruction shown in the drawing,it is to be understood that such isnot to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention which isbest defined in the claim appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

A nail clipper device comprising, in combination, a pair of normallyparallel upper and lower blade members of a lever pivotally connected atone end to said pin adjacent to the outer side of the other one of saidblade members for effecting movement of said cutting edges of said blademembers toward each other, a U-shaped closure member normally closingthe sides of the device between said blade members consisting of twoparallel legs and a yoke portion connecting the 1egs, th e legs having awidth equal to the distance between the blade members and a length equalsubstantially to the length of the blade members, said block havinglongitudinal grooves in the sides thereof, said legs havingcomplementary longitudinal ridges on the opposed inner surfaces thereof,said closure member being slidably mounted on the device with saidridges registering in said grooves with said yoke portion normallyengaging said block, said closure member together with said blademembers and said block normally defining a storage compartment forstoring removed nail portions therewithin.

References Cited in the file of this patent Killen May 26, 1959

